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• 3 people in hospital, dozens more sick with COVID-19 at Calgary condo

  25-06-2020 23:57
  
  Alberta health authorities say a COVID-19 outbreak at a condo building in Calgary's East Village has become much worse since it was first discovered.
  
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• NDP says Kenney should fire speechwriter who called residential schools 'bogus genocide story'

  25-06-2020 23:34
  
  Alberta's NDP caucus wants Premier Jason Kenney to fire his speechwriter for an essay he published in 2013 that questions the impact of residential schools.
  
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• Mayoral candidate Rob Norris touts 'safer Saskatoon,' lambastes 'passive' Charlie Clark - CBC.ca

  25-06-2020 23:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Mayoral candidate Rob Norris touts 'safer Saskatoon,' lambastes 'passive' Charlie Clark  CBC.ca
  
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• Mayoral candidate Rob Norris touts 'safer Saskatoon,' lambastes 'passive' Charlie Clark

  25-06-2020 23:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Norris is a former Sask. Party MLA and cabinet minister. Ex-premier Brad Wall has already endorsed him, while current Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark has yet to announce his intentions.
  
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• A valedictorian speech from Jack Dennis; Tommy Douglas Collegiate

  25-06-2020 23:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Saskatoon public and Catholic schools hosted virtual graduation ceremonies for their high school seniors this year. Valedictorians, who typically stand on stage reading speeches to a room full of friends, family and school staff, instead pre-recorded their words, which were then played during streamed online events. Read More
  
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• A valedictorian speech from Ariq Ahmed; Bedford Road Collegiate

  25-06-2020 23:04 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Saskatoon public and Catholic schools hosted virtual graduation ceremonies for their high school seniors this year. Valedictorians, who typically stand on stage reading speeches to a room full of friends, family and school staff, instead pre-recorded their words, which were then played during streamed online events. Read More
  
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• A valedictorian speech from Zach Franco; Centennial Collegiate

  25-06-2020 23:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Saskatoon public and Catholic schools hosted virtual graduation ceremonies for their high school seniors this year. Valedictorians, who typically stand on stage reading speeches to a room full of friends, family and school staff, instead pre-recorded their words, which were then played during streamed online events. Read More
  
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• A valedictorian speech from Ysabel Nicole Taruc; E.D. Feehan Catholic High School

  25-06-2020 23:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Saskatoon public and Catholic schools hosted virtual graduation ceremonies for their high school seniors this year. Valedictorians, who typically stand on stage reading speeches to a room full of friends, family and school staff, instead pre-recorded their words, which were then played during streamed online events. Read More
  
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• A valedictorian speech from Megan Engedahl; Bethlehem Catholic High School

  25-06-2020 23:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Saskatoon public and Catholic schools hosted virtual graduation ceremonies for their high school seniors this year. Valedictorians, who typically stand on stage reading speeches to a room full of friends, family and school staff, instead pre-recorded their words, which were then played during streamed online events. Read More
  
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• A valedictorian speech from Emma Fisher; Evan Hardy Collegiate

  25-06-2020 23:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Saskatoon public and Catholic schools hosted virtual graduation ceremonies for their high school seniors this year. Valedictorians, who typically stand on stage reading speeches to a room full of friends, family and school staff, instead pre-recorded their words, which were then played during streamed online events. Read More
  
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• A valedictorian speech from Eli Lafleur; Aden Bowman Collegiate

  25-06-2020 23:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Saskatoon public and Catholic schools hosted virtual graduation ceremonies for their high school seniors this year. Valedictorians, who typically stand on stage reading speeches to a room full of friends, family and school staff, instead pre-recorded their words, which were then played during streamed online events. Read More
  
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• A valedictorian speech from Daniel Kasdorf; Saskatoon Christian School

  25-06-2020 23:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Saskatoon public and Catholic schools hosted virtual graduation ceremonies for their high school seniors this year. Valedictorians, who typically stand on stage reading speeches to a room full of friends, family and school staff, instead pre-recorded their words, which were then played during streamed online events. Read More
  
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• A valedictorian speech from Andreya Caswell; Nutana Collegiate

  25-06-2020 23:03 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Saskatoon public and Catholic schools hosted virtual graduation ceremonies for their high school seniors this year. Valedictorians, who typically stand on stage reading speeches to a room full of friends, family and school staff, instead pre-recorded their words, which were then played during streamed online events. Read More
  
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• A valedictorian speech from Jarod Christopher; Bishop James Mahoney High School

  25-06-2020 22:57 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Saskatoon public and Catholic schools hosted virtual graduation ceremonies for their high school seniors this year. Valedictorians, who typically stand on stage reading speeches to a room full of friends, family and school staff, instead pre-recorded their words, which were then played during streamed online events. Read More
  
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• 'We can take this uncertainty and mould it into what we dream to see;' Saskatoon's high school valedictorians deliver speeches during unprecedented times

  25-06-2020 22:47 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Saskatoon public and Catholic schools hosted virtual graduation ceremonies for their high school seniors this year. Valedictorians, who typically stand on stage reading speeches to a room full of friends, family and school staff, instead pre-recorded their words, which were then played during streamed online events. Read More
  
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• Norris takes aim at Clark as he launches bid for Saskatoon mayor

  25-06-2020 22:38 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Former Saskatchewan Party cabinet minister and Saskatoon MLA Rob Norris pledged to walk and run the city's streets as he campaigns for mayor during a pandemic. Read More
  
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• City councillor expenses

  25-06-2020 22:32 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Saskatoon's mayor and city councillors once again spent more on communications last year, their final full 12-month period in office before the upcoming municipal election. Read More
  
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• Elk Ridge Golf and Conference Centre falls into receivership with more than $13M in debt

  25-06-2020 22:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The Elk Ridge Golf and Conference Centre has fallen into receivership after years of financial difficulty, an affidavit filed by its main creditor at Regina's Court of Queen's Bench shows. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 in Sask: 9 in hospital as province reports 3 new cases Thursday

  25-06-2020 22:23 via cbc.ca
  
  The number of hospitalizations for COVID-19 rose to nine from five overnight, while three new diagnoses brought the total known cases in the province to 759.
  
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• Saskatchewan weather outlook: June 25

  25-06-2020 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  The seven-day Saskatchewan weather forecast with Global’s Peter Quinlan for Thursday, June 25.
  
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• 3 new coronavirus cases reported in Saskatchewan, 9 people in hospital

  25-06-2020 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Thursday, Saskatchewan reported its highest hospitalization rate for COVID-19 in over a month.
  
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• 3 teens dead following collision on southern Sask. grid road

  25-06-2020 21:47
  
  Three teenage boys are dead after a car collided with a pickup truck near Waldeck, Sask.
  
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• 3 dead following two-vehicle collision north of Waldeck, Sask.

  25-06-2020 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two 18-year-olds and a 16-year-old were declared dead on at the crash scene, police say.
  
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• More civic employees cracked six figures last year as total salary payments rose $10M

  25-06-2020 21:17 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  The City of Saskatoon's spending on salaries jumped more than $10 million last year, driven in part by an uptick in the number of high-earning employees and an increase in overtime. Read More
  
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• Saskatoon students create virtual grad march

  25-06-2020 20:47
  
  Grade 12 students from Bishop James Mahoney high school in Saskatoon have created a virtual grad march.
  
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• Teen among 3 killed in Waldeck crash was 'gentle giant' with a kind heart, mother says

  25-06-2020 20:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Arn Slaven, 18, was a passenger in a vehicle carrying four others that was involved in the collision, which happened on a narrow and hilly grid road near Waldeck, Sask. Wednesday night.
  
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• 3 teens dead after crash Wednesday near Swift Current, Sask.

  25-06-2020 20:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Two 18-year-old men and a 16-year-old boy were declared dead at the scene.
  
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• $1.2M investment: Saliva-based test for COVID-19 among two projects featuring U of S researchers

  25-06-2020 20:37 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  More than $1 million in funding is going towards COVID-19-related projects involving University of Saskatchewan researchers, including one in which a saliva-based test is being developed. Read More
  
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• Sask. professor receives federal funding for COVID-19 research

  25-06-2020 20:29
  
  A biochemistry professor at the University of Regina has received nearly $1 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to research “the therapeutic and diagnostic gaps associated with COVID-19.”
  
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• SGI resumes road testing for learner drivers following COVID-19 restrictions

  25-06-2020 20:22 via cbc.ca
  
  SGI is resuming all road tests for learner drivers after months of restrictions due to COVID-19. 
  
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• Pandemic highlights role of traditional foods in hard times

  25-06-2020 20:16 via thestarphoenix.com
  
  Last November, University of Saskatchewan student Jill George's father saw a moose step across the back lot of the family's acreage near Meadow Lake. Read More
  
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• Dry conditions affecting some Saskatchewan crops

  25-06-2020 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Agriculture said moisture is especially needed in parts of the east-central and southern regions.
  
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• Advocate for inmates calls on government to scrap Saskatoon jail expansion - News Talk 980 CJME

  25-06-2020 20:06 via cjme.com
  
  Advocate for inmates calls on government to scrap Saskatoon jail expansion  News Talk 980 CJME
  
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• Advocate for inmates calls on government to scrap Saskatoon jail expansion - CKOM News Talk Sports

  25-06-2020 20:06 via ckom.com
  
  Advocate for inmates calls on government to scrap Saskatoon jail expansion  CKOM News Talk Sports
  
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• Some Sask. movie theatres opening July 3

  25-06-2020 20:05
  
  Saskatchewan movie theatres in are allowed to open on June 29 as part of Phase 4.2 of the province's reopening plan, but movie goers will have to wait a little bit longer to head to the cinema.
  
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• Canadian Elite Basketball League returning to action in July with tournament

  25-06-2020 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The CEBL said all seven teams will take part in a tournament starting July 25 in St. Catharines, Ont., with the winner crowned the 2020 league champion.
  
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• Don Martin: After Trudeau's toughest talk, the Canada-China meltdown goes radioactive

  25-06-2020 19:53
  
  Somehow overnight Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided to give up on China, endure the diplomatic deep freeze and face the inevitable economic backlash by soundly rejecting the Meng-for-Michaels proposal, writes Don Martin in his weekly column for CTVNews.ca.
  
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• Western Development Museum will remain closed through Phase 4.2 reopening

  25-06-2020 19:49
  
  The Western Development Museum (WDM) has made the decision to remain closed at its locations in Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Saskatoon and Yorkton.
  
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• Provinces 'failed to support seniors,' Trudeau says following release of troubling new pandemic study

  25-06-2020 19:17 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau floated the idea of bringing in national standards and reopening the Canada Health Act to address some of the vulnerabilities the pandemic has exposed in long-term care homes, while taking a swipe at the province's handling of the issue so far.
  
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• Saskatchewan driving tests resume, post-coronavirus shutdown

  25-06-2020 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Appointments are currently available, but a wait list is expected as the demand for tests is high says SGI.
  
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• Bikes stolen from 12-year-old girl with Spina bifida, Saskatoon police say

  25-06-2020 18:53
  
  Two specialized bikes were recently stolen from a 12 year-old girl with Spina bifida, according to Saskatoon police.
  
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• Rob Norris targets property taxes, COVID-19 recovery in campaign for Saskatoon mayor

  25-06-2020 18:31
  
  Former provincial cabinet minister and MLA for Saskatoon Greystone Rob Norris promised “a fresh perspective in the mayor's office" as he announced his mayoral bid Thursday.
  
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• Saskatoon spas step up to honour gift cards of bankrupt business - CTV News Saskatoon

  25-06-2020 18:27 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon spas step up to honour gift cards of bankrupt business  CTV News Saskatoon
  
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• Rob Norris calls for change at Saskatoon city hall, officially enters mayor’s race

  25-06-2020 18:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  In announcing his candidacy for mayor of Saskatoon, Rob Norris offered no policy positions, saying those will come at a later date.
  
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• Adopt a Pet: Giddy the kitty

  25-06-2020 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  We’re “Giddy” for our latest guest on Adopt a Pet this week – the 8 month old cat was picked up last week and is now ready for adoption at the Saskatoon SPCA.
  
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• 3 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sask.; 9 in hospital

  25-06-2020 16:30
  
  The province has confirmed three new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan on Thursday, bringing the total to 759.
  
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• Saskatoon brothers raise money towards COVID-19 research | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  25-06-2020 16:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon brothers raise money towards COVID-19 research | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Saskatoon brothers raise money towards COVID-19 research

  25-06-2020 16:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two Saskatoon brothers recently took part in a fundraising livestream of their video game online – and raised more than they expected towards COVID-19 research.
  
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• The best times to drop off your recyclables at SARCAN

  25-06-2020 16:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  SARCAN is reopen again and after months of your bottles, cans and milk jugs adding up when is the best time to drop off your recyclables. Communications and culture manager Sean Homenick joins us with advice for when you drop by.
  
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• The best times to drop of your recyclables at SARCAN

  25-06-2020 16:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  SARCAN is reopen again and after months of your bottles, cans and milk jugs adding up when is the best time to drop off your recyclables. SARCAN recycling-communications and culture manager Sean Homenick joins us with advice for when you drop by.
  
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